Mine wasn’t too bad. I had an orange 71 Vette (still do) that was easy to pick out because it was the one spot that looked empty due to sitting lower than just about everything else around it. I also am the reason there is now a motorcycle parking spot in the high school. The school was relatively new when I…

Ah, right. I do have one of those but haven’t tried it out yet. There is something charming about inserting a tape and flipping it over though. Granted I’ve relearned just how far our storage mediums have come. With the thumbnail sized USB drive in my modern stereo I could drive for a week and not hear the same…

That only works if your radio has one of those. I have a classic car with a classic radio, so I don’t even get that option for my morning commute. Fortunately I have more than two stations to cycle through, but the same time each morning they start doing their morning news/celebrity gossip stuff in a long break…

Yep, it’s all about energy absorption. You want the structure to eat up as much energy as possible to keep the occupant from having to take the rest. We had to do ROPS (roll over protection structure) for our industrial trucks and the requirement is for the cab to sustain a certain amount of energy without…

Really? In broad daylight in traffic on the first video? As a side note, I’d probably point the shell down instead of up to be the most safe. That way if someone for whatever reason had a loaded shell it wouldn’t blow the person’s face off, whether they deserved it or not.

What I can’t understand is power ratings. My dad’s old Yamaha CR-840 is rated at something like 70 watts per channel whereas a modern receiver might be 100W+ per channel (same ohm rating I believe), but that Yamaha will shake the house and dim the lights. As a kid I remember 3-4 on the volume dial being near…

I think the BRZ is like my old XKR though. It technically has a back seat, but only if you don’t have legs. The Jag literally had the front seat touching the back seat for it to be comfortable for my long legs to drive.

It’s not like I’ve stopped wanting the fun stuff though, or like I ever plan to get rid of my classics and Viper. Practical to me just means it will transport me from one location to another.

It’s funny, I’ve grown up on sports cars and classic muscle and I’m drawn to the expensive stuff like most people, but there are a number of small economy style cars that are really appealing to me as of late. I daily drive a Viper most of the time, but I really want a Fiat 124, I’ve always liked the BRZ and I really…

And this is the problem with America today. We spend more time trying to figure out how to do more work than actually enjoying life.

This is like, the greatest thing ever. Every sport needs an 8-bit recap at the end of the season.

My family actually had one of these for a while not that long ago. Really a pretty nice vehicle and it had a different look. Pretty comfortable ride too and actually really not bad on room in even the third row. Same 2006 model year with a Hemi. Ended up trading it in for a truck because we started hauling bigger…

Ah, okay, I guess that’s sorta fair, though agreeable still kinda ridiculous in its own way.

Okay, but why is that more expensive than a GT3 RS or some crazy race version? To me this car should be effectively the same price as a standard model or a slight premium. There’s not really anything extra in this car, if anything it’s less intentionally. I salute them for offering such a car as it’s up my alley,…

So, I’m not sure I understand why this vehicle pulls such a premium. It’s not the fastest as far as I can tell, it’s not technical wizardry either. It’s an old style 911 in a new body basically if I’m understanding it right. How is that worth significantly more money? A Viper is a barebones driving experience. …

I will forever mourn the Chrysler ME412. I have dreamed of seeing that car in person and thought I finally got my chance when I went to Detroit for a Viper factory tour and trip to the WP Chrysler museum. Walked through the museum with eyes peeled, but it wasn’t sitting anywhere. Finally got through the last room…

I hope they have original Megatron as well. The movie one just doesn’t do it for me at all. He’s supposed to be white with a big black cannon mounted on his forearm. It looks like they have the old (maybe reimagined, but still classic) forms for Optimus and Starscream. Maybe they’re just doing different skins for…

As you can see, to squeeze all the power out of the M5 you really have to ratchet it up with the V10. From a normal daily driving perspective this just isn’t realistic.

You forgot to add a patch to revive General Leo in FFVI.

Not just yes, but hell yes. This would be like those zero gravity chairs where you’re just suspended. That would mean infinitely adjustable seats and comfortable for long road trips.